I just wondered if anyone else struggles with the K1, P1 technique or whether its me being an idiot!!!! lol I can knit and i can purl but when I try to alternate them I get in a tangle and just end up getting annoyed and giving up!!
I know how you feel as exactly the same happened to me too!
What you need to do is from the knit stitch bring the wool forward between the needles so it is at the front for the purl stitch and then the wool back through the middle of the needles to the back for the knit stitch...
I think this may explain it better...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1VuJ_2oHFY
Keep going and practice makes perfect, try winding the wool around your finger and keeping a short length and just move your finger (index or middle) over the piece of knitting between the two needles, thats all there is to it.
THANKYOU so much!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew there had to be something wrong with the way I was doing it and it was simply moving the yarn! Your a life saver That video helped loads.
As I said in my earlier post I had exactly the same problem and it drove me mad...I am now learning how to pick stitches up to join pieces together so I may have to find a video for that too! he he
